IEC-61850-3 Substation Hardened PC Platforms for Centralized and Virtualized Applications

CIGRE UK Study Committee B5/D2 �Technical Liaison Meeting

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Monday 31st October 2022

Advantech Corporate Overview

1. THE global leader in industrial computing

Advantech Product Expertise

1. In General
• Laying Intel CPUs on PCBs
• Developing vast number of SOMs, motherboards, SBCs, edge computers, servers, panel PCs and peripheral devices for every market that requires:
• Longevity, including beyond component obsolescence (EOL), of 7-15 years
• Full industrial control of component sourcing, lifecycle management, engineering changes, and obsolescence
• Local design-in and global lifetime warranty and support, including repair and replacement
• Market-specific products with dedicated chassis, power supplies, connectivity and other options, certification, branding (brand-labelling) and packaging, as well as local Just-in-Time configuration
2. For Electricity Transmission
• SD-WAN uCPE (with EMC hardening)
• Routers – 4G, 5G, LoRa
• Gateways – ARM, Intel x86 (IEC-61850 compliant )
• Switches – industrial and substation
• Displays & Touch PPC/screens, thin-client, ARM & Intel x86
• Servers & Workstations for gateways, HMIs, SCADA

protocol convertors

Substation Server Product Overview

1. 15 Years of Fanless and Ventilated Substation Servers¹ �����
2. Current Generation of IEC-61850-3-certified hardware����
3. Next Generation Products for Virtualization Applications

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ECU-4784

6-core

UNO-4683

UNO-3285

ACP-4320

IPC-610

ECU-579

8-24 core

ECU-479

2/4/6/8/16 core Fanless IEC-61850-3

Wide range of IO peripherals including HSR/PRP

Virtualization peripherals – 10Gb LAN, SR-IOV

Virtualized automation and centralized protection and control

Substation IoT Edge Gateway Solution

IEC 61850

IEC 60870-5-101

IEC 60870-5-103

IEC 60870-5-104

Modbus (RTU/TCP)

DNP 3.0

JSON + MQTT Cloud Interface

IEC 61131 Smart PLC for processing data and automation

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Partnerships and Customers

1. Hardware Technology
• Intel, TTtech (Flexibilis)
2. Software
• Hypervisors for Virtualization
• VMware, SEAPATH, Wind River and many others tested
• SCADA, 61850 protocol, configuration and control applications
• From partners, system integrators, software vendors, and utilities
3. System Integrators and Suppliers
• Substation automation software vendors and integrators
• FACTS
• HVDC
• Protection relay manufacturers
4. Transmission System Operators
• Worldwide, onshore, offshore, remote, manned, digital, serial, copper-wired

Contact Details

Amad Tariq

Key Accounts Manager IIoT UK/Ireland

Energy, Infrastructure

Amad.tariq@Advantech-uk.com

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